January 27, 2014

Words in the News: Brain Drain

The Independent's front page features a picture of France's ex-First Lady Valérie Trierweiler and reports that huge numbers of young adults are moving to London from Britain’s other cities, never to return home. Full story >>

VOCABULARYA brain drain is the movement of highly skilled and qualified people to a place where they can work in better conditions and earn more money. • The new Hinckley C power station in Somerset could create a nuclear engineering brain drain from Plymouth, city MP Oliver Colvile fears.

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Words in the News: Brain Drain

The Independent's front page features a picture of France's ex-First Lady Valérie Trierweiler and reports that huge numbers of young adults are moving to London from Britain’s other cities, never to return home. Full story >>

VOCABULARYA brain drain is the movement of highly skilled and qualified people to a place where they can work in better conditions and earn more money. • The new Hinckley C power station in Somerset could create a nuclear engineering brain drain from Plymouth, city MP Oliver Colvile fears.